1 cover story in our archive
Behind the Covers' archive includes 1 album cover documented under the "bristol sound" design theme, all from the 1990s. The cover sits within the electronic tradition and features work by Portishead. Each entry below includes the cover artwork, the designers and photographers behind it, and a short story about the visual choices that defined the release.
The grainy, noir-ish photograph with a woman's face partially obscured in shadow creates an atmosphere of nocturnal melancholy — the purest visual expression of the 'Bristol Sound' aesthetic of dark, cinematic trip-hop.